Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-09-22

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 22
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,986 head
449 vs last sale 1,537 491 vs year ago 2,477 · 19.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Lower numbers today so trend not applicable. A higher undertone was noted on steers. A higher undertone was noted on heifers, heifers 900-950 lbs. were 2.00 higher. Demand was good. The next feeder auction will be Sept. 29th, expecting 2500-3000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.75/cwt on 1,231 head.
Average price
$170.75
1,231 head · 777 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,326
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$32.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.23
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1772172.651,332968
Medium and Large 1-2748165.931,240221
Large 11,057156.371,65332
Large 1-21,019139.731,42310thin
One grade step is worth $32.93/cwt here — about −$91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,231 hd
170.75
SD average7 barns · 8,705 hd
172.98
−2.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1759179.46/cwt178.00–184.501,36250
SteersMedium and Large 1978171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,67732
SteersMedium and Large 1442248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,0965
SteersMedium and Large 1388246.53/cwt242.50–248.0095726
SteersMedium and Large 1475226.20/cwt221.00–235.001,07413
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed904183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,65928
SteersMedium and Large 1660186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2283
SteersMedium and Large 1937174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,63561
HeifersLarge 11,052159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,6815
HeifersLarge 11,205140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6873
HeifersLarge 11,105148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,6413
BullsMedium and Large 1548193.89/cwt186.00–200.001,06316
BullsMedium and Large 1811162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,31815
BullsMedium and Large 1694162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,12410
HeifersLarge 1-21,002135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,3607
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616157.00/cwt157.00–157.009675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2865163.65/cwt150.50–173.001,41690
HeifersLarge 11,030159.03/cwt155.50–161.001,63821
HeifersMedium and Large 1617179.88/cwt177.00–183.001,11051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565160.00/cwt160.00–160.009044
HeifersLarge 1-21,057149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,5753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2769162.60/cwt160.50–164.001,25018
SteersLarge 11,119169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,89125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2596197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1746
HeifersMedium and Large 1553178.50/cwt178.50–178.5098717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2865163.10/cwt152.00–171.001,41119
SteersMedium and Large 1520216.17/cwt205.50–223.001,12495
SteersMedium and Large 1733185.44/cwt175.00–192.001,35953
SteersMedium and Large 1622195.89/cwt194.50–204.501,21828
SteersMedium and Large 1888178.25/cwt178.25–178.251,58314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2782167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,2203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2749162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,21311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677173.68/cwt173.00–174.001,17630
HeifersMedium and Large 1409199.37/cwt187.00–208.0081515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519174.75/cwt174.00–178.0090741
HeifersMedium and Large 1774172.40/cwt170.25–179.001,33461
HeifersMedium and Large 1737174.88/cwt174.50–176.501,289116
HeifersMedium and Large 1518184.00/cwt184.00–184.0095350
HeifersMedium and Large 1676179.26/cwt176.00–184.001,212170
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy624171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,06714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2834156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,30122
HeifersMedium and Large 1309227.50/cwt227.50–227.507034
HeifersMedium and Large 1825170.41/cwt160.75–175.001,406111
HeifersMedium and Large 1480187.00/cwt187.00–187.0089821
HeifersMedium and Large 1960160.71/cwt159.75–164.501,54356
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679178.26/cwt165.00–185.501,21045
HeifersMedium and Large 1911164.52/cwt162.60–172.001,499296
SteersMedium and Large 1-2925159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4716

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.